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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Wanderlust

Hello, fellow bloggers!

As you may
know, I am infected with wanderlust. I constantly dream of far away lands and
adventures that may be awaiting me. Unfortunately, I can only get treated for
my wanderlust a few times a year due to school, family, and money.

I feel that some of you may be suffering
from this infection that consumes your mind, body, and soul. So, I recently
stumbled upon an antidote. Are you curious to know what could possibly help
cure your wanderlust that does not involve leaving your hometown?

Okay, I will tell you the secret antidote.
I stumbled upon this wonderful book that takes you to far away lands. The book
is called Wanderlust: A Love Affair With Five Continents by Elisabeth
Eaves. Now, now don't lose interest just yet! The antidote can be found under
Travel/Memoir for $16.95 new or $7.83 used on Amazon. I suggest you hurry up and get your
hands on this book because once you do, you will never want to put it down.
Okay, I understand you need more information.

Book Description:

"Spanning
15 years of travel, beginning when she is a sophomore in college, Wanderlust documents
Elisabeth Eaves’s insatiable hunger for the rush of the unfamiliar and the
experience of encountering new people and cultures. Young and independent, she
crisscrosses five continents and chases the exotic, both in culture and in
romance. In the jungles of Papua New Guinea, she loses herself—literally—to an
Australian tour guide; in Cairo, she reconnects with her high school
sweetheart, only to discover the beginning of a pattern that will characterize
her life over the long-term: while long-distance relationships work well for
her, traditional relationships do not.

Wanderlust, however, is more
than a chronological conquest of men and countries: at its core, it’s a journey
of self-discovery. In the course of her travels, Eaves finds herself and the
sense of home she’s been lacking since childhood—and she sheds light on a
growing culture of young women who have the freedom and inclination to define
their own, increasingly global, lifestyles, unfettered by traditional roles and
conventions of past generations of women."

Critics:

"Wanderlust delivers the goods
up front-motorcycles and sex and stories of places that smell nothing like your
cafeteria- and then pulls off something trickier. Elisabeth Eaves shoes here
that our attempts to find a different better self through travel can be
immensely entertaining, but we are always already moving. Wanderlust
brilliantly, carefully maps how active the heart is, even at a
standstill." -Sasha Frere-Jones, The New Yorker

Amazing Quote:

"Travel is like adultery: one is always tempted to be
unfaithful to one's own country. To have imagination is inevitably to be
dissatisfied with where you live...in our wanderlust, we are lovers looking for
consummation."

About Me

Welcome to BrownEyedTraveler! My name is Katarina Wilcox and I have a passion for travel, wine, the great outdoors, and as you may see, a small addiction to my adorable nonhuman son, Atlas. Check back for new adventures and new ideas!
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